Ableism

Ableism is the discrimination or prejudice against people who have disabilities. Ableism can take the form of ideas and assumptions, stereotypes, attitudes and practices, physical barriers in the environment, or larger scale oppression. It is oftentimes unintentional and most people are completely unaware of the impact of their words or actions.

The thought that people with disabilities are dependent and require the care and support of someone else is an example of ableism. Sometimes this comes out in the form of people helping people with disabilities without asking them if they need assistance (and of course waiting the affirmative response).

Another example would be in designing spaces, places, events, information, communication, and technology without considering the variety of needs of people with disabilities. For example, a building that is built to code can still be technically inaccessible if the ramp is around the back of the building or if there is no automatic door opener installed.

by PDXTrippin January 22, 2015

Ableist

A word used by people who aren’t disabled to get offended over literally nothing

Person 1: I’m dreamgender and fnfgender!!
Person 2: neither of those are real genders
Person 1: OMG ABLEIST I WILL CANCEL ON TWITTER

by I changed my name October 4, 2021

Differently-Abled

The 8 students in French 3 class are differently-abled, meaning we are just annoying and different and lowkey dumb but its all good.

French 3 is differently-abled. We're differently-abled.

by dumbhaley October 27, 2020

James Abley

A dopey, somewhat unco individual, usually terrible at cod and tetris.

*person falls over* "haha, that guy is such a James Abley"

by Jamesabs16 September 8, 2010

ablesplaining

Ablesplaining is a patronizing "explanation" of any aspect of disability from someone who does not have the lived experience of being disabled. An ablesplainer's opinion is often shared without request and with a grossly inflated sense of entitlement. Don't be an ablesplainer.

Stop defending your words. You are ablesplaining!

i.e.
"I can use words like stupid, retard, moron, and idiot because they are just language and aren't meant to offend anyone."

"But you don't look like you have a disability!"

"Look at that person parking in an accessible parking space! They don't need a wheelchair so they are just taking advantage of the system."

"That child doesn't look autistic to me, the parents just need to discipline him/her."

"We are in compliance with ADA because we have wheelchair ramps and accessible bathroom stalls."

by momonmission March 18, 2014

Ableism

A word that became so overused on twitter it lost all meaning although its original meaning was: "the discrimination or prejudice against people who have disabilities" now it can be used whenever someone is offended by literarily anything

Gen Z dreamsexual: guys, dream forgot to stream like he said because he has ADHD so if u mad that's ABLEISM.

by Dreamsexual is not valid lol August 12, 2022

Ableist

Everyone in the human race.

this post was made by the twitter gang

Twitter person 1: He can see! oh my god he is ableist

Twitter person 2: yea and he is racist and sexist too.

by D532 February 15, 2021